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Thursday, 18 April 2013

Healthy Eating For Kids

Good nutrition doesn't have to be complicated – for most
children, and parents too! it boils down to eating more fruit & veg and
eating less junk food.

By encouraging good eating habits in our children from an
early age we can help to prevent health problems in later life, such as:

Overweight and obesity

Heart disease & stroke

Type 2 diabetes

Cancers

You might think that these illnesses strike later in life –
and you’d be right – but they take a lifetime to develop and have their roots
in childhood. By helping our kids to eat right from an early age, we can help
them to avoid these illnesses in the future. It is up to you as a parent to
help your children get the healthy diet, as they don't have the capability of
making the correct decision when it comes to healthy eating. Children follow
trends and what their friends are having, so start your children trending fresh
fruit and vegetables now!

Eat More Fruit & Veg

Eating fruit and vegetables every day is vital for good
health. Worryingly, most children (and most adults!) do not eat enough of these
essential foods.

Reports from the World Health Organisation (WHO) reckon that
up to 2.7 million lives worldwide could be saved every year if we simply ate
more fruit and vegetables.

Experts recommend that we eat 5-10 portions of fruit and
vegetables per day – where a portion is roughly a handful. So in the case of a
small child, a small apple or a handful of chopped carrots would count as a
single portion. It’s easy to get these vital fruit and vegetables into a daily
habit, by having fruit on cereals, making home-made soups and stews and as snacks
in general.

So start getting the healthy eating habit into your child
from as early an age as possible. And encourage cooking and baking with your
children; this will help them gain more knowledge of foods and health, and will
help them try more variety of foods. Healthy foods can be tasty foods!